9 Raging Water Rides

Make a splash with these extreme waterpark attractions

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Is the summer heat getting to you? Hit a waterpark and cool off with a thrilling ride. From plunging through pure darkness on Rapids Water Park's Black Thunder to dropping over 130 feet on Holiday World's Pilgrims Plunge, these nine rides are sure to get your pulse racing and your adrenaline pumping.

Black Thunder is located in one of South Florida's best waterparks. You begin the adventure by taking a spin on a raft built for four, heading into a tube of pure darkness. You then drop at full speed into a massive, pitch-dark funnel, slide back and forth, and then blast out of the ride into a pool where you finally see the light! Photo courtesy of: Rapids Water Park

You'll feel like you're in a real cyclone as you drop down an elevated chute, spin through a giant bowl filled with mist and then end up in the water pool below. This Wet n' Wild location has every kind of water ride within its 30-acre park, including the Wake Zone, which simulates the excitement of water skiing (or skating) on a lake. Photo courtesy of: Wet 'n Wild Orlando

On one of the most popular rides at this park, you launch from a four-story platform and plummet down the Bazooka Tube, accelerating before you do circles in the Bazooka Bowl and then drop another 3 feet into a deep pool. Though Wild Rivers is known for the Bazooka Bowls and Patriot rides, it has 40 other fantastic rides and attractions. Photo courtesy of: Wild Rivers Water Park

The world's tallest water ride, Pilgrims Plunge is a "shoot-the-chute" that starts with 10 riders in a boat at a whopping 135 feet. Meant to recreate the journey Pilgrims took to the New World, the ride descends at a 45-degree angle, soaking passengers along the way. And just when you think you're through, you're sprayed with geysers on the way back to the station. Photo courtesy of: Holiday World/Splashin' Safari

The Master Blaster remains one of the only water roller coasters in the world. Located in the Blastenhoff section of the park, this ride uses hydro jets and water injection force to take you and a partner up and down steep hills in a two-person raft. Plunge three stories, twist and turn through tunnels, and end with a dramatic pretzel-shaped downward spiral. Photo courtesy of: Schlitterbahn

At 120 feet high, this slide is one of the longest, tallest and fastest free-falling body slides on record. After you slip down Mount Gushmore, you shoot down the 360-foot long flume and hit speeds up to 60 mph as you fly through a dark tunnel. At the end, you can check out your speed with an individual printout. Photo courtesy of: Gary Burke

When Big Thunder first opened in 2005, it was named the largest water slide in Florida. Soaring seven stories high, this ride includes a funnel that has a diameter of 60 feet. A four-passenger raft coasts through a curving tunnel that eventually drops into the funnel. At speeds of 20 mph, riders spin up and down the walls while experiencing weightlessness before making their way down to the landing pool. Photo courtesy of: Rapids Water Park

The 10-story high Anaconda tube slide is a favorite among water ride lovers. You climb high onto a platform and then rocket down into a jungle pool that deposits you for a ride along the Mayan Raging River. With over 156 acres of fun, Mt. Olympus is a combination indoor/outdoor waterpark and theme park with 37 slides, six roller coasters and eight go-kart tracks. Photo courtesy of: Mt. Olympus Water Park